Economics Unit II Vocabulary

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The Invisible Hand
Term used to describe the self regulating nature of the marketplace
Product Market
Where goods and services are bought and sold
Factor Market
Where resources, especially capital and labor, are bought and sold
Household/Resource Owner
A person or group of people who share income
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
The total value of all final goods and services produced in the economy during a given year
Intermediate Goods and Services
Goods and services bought from one firm by another firm to be used as inputs into the production of final goods and services
Final Goods and Services
Goods and services sold to the final, or end, user
Multiple Counting
When the value of something is counted multiple times in the GDP calculation
Expenditure Approach (C+Ig+G+Xn)
All expenditure incurred by individuals during one year
Income Approach (R+W+i%+P)
Sum total of individuals living in a country during one year
Personal Consumption Expenditures
Essentially a measure of goods and services targeted towards individuals and consumed by individuals
Gross Private Domestic Investment
Expenditures on capital goods to be used for productive activities in the domestic economy that are undertaken by the business sector during a given time period.
Net Private Investment
A measurement of an individuals investment on capital, found by subtracting "non cash depreciation" from "capital expenditures"
Government Purchases
Total expenditures on goods and services by federal, state, and local governments
Net Exports
Difference between the value of exports and the value of imports